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Friday Fragments

~ Last night was the Community Band Concert. The best part about it? My parents were there. One of my sisters came, too, and of course CH was there.

~ Just in case you haven't seen a bass flute, here it is:

I probably should've put my flute next to it so you could get an idea of how big it is. It's a "honk of a flute", but nothing compared to the contra-bass. The smallest person in our flute choir plays it.

~ CH got these in the mail and was very proud:

He got the Tennessee one for me, and the Dixie Chapter for him since he considers himself from Alabama (they moved there when he was in 7th grade).

~ The Small Town passed a sales tax increase last election to help build a new high school, so the county tried to pass an increase on Tuesday. Half of the revenue would go to the school, the other half to the roads. It failed. It just breaks my heart: the county schools (where I work) are hurting for money. We spend less on our kids per student than the other 2 city school systems in the county. Teachers spend a lot out of pocket and ask parents to help because there just any money for supplies. Wednesday was a real bummer for me.

~ I have a student who spent a couple of days in the hospital with pneumonia. He was back at school Wednesday, and I popped over to give him his "homework". I went in just in time to hear him say, "Doesn't anybody want to hug me and tell me they missed me?" It was one of the most precious things I've ever heard! Love that kid!

I guess I should've explained what it is: It's a group for tear-drop campers/small campers (like ours); there are chapters nationally and internationally. They have get-togethers several times a year. We're just getting into it, but it seems like a nice group of people!

I had never seen a bass flute before. Not that I'd want this spread around but I didn't even know there was such a thing. Now I want to know what it sounds like! We have loads of money in our county. We also have an awful lot of misappropriation of funds going on.

Wonderful you had your concert with your family there. Would love to hear you play the flute and hear the other instruments too.I googled and found gatherings and events for the Teardrops. Sounds a bit similar to our Campervan and Motorhome Club here in Australia, though ours is not for just one brand of vehicle.

Our referendum did not pass. The ratio of yeses to nos (noes?)was 1/3.That means our budget belt is going to get a lot tighter in the next year or two. A part of me is okay with it not passing (the new sports complex part), but I did want the technology and building maintenance upgrades. Maybe there'll be another referendum in April will the bare bones, instead of the shoot-for-the-moon approach.